Basil Macdonald Hastings

Basil MacDonald Hastings (20 September 1881 – 21 February 1928) was an English author, journalist, and playwright.[1]

Basil Macdonald Hastings
Hastings circa 1927
Born(1881-09-20)20 September 1881
Southwark, London, England
Died21 February 1928(1928-02-21) (aged 46)
Southwark, London, England
OccupationAuthor, journalist, and playwright
ChildrenMacdonald Hastings

Biography

He was born on 20 September 1881 in Southwark, London, England.[2] He died on 21 February 1928 in Southwark, London, England after a "lengthy illness" at age 46.[3][1] His son was the journalist and author (Douglas Edward) Macdonald Hastings, and his grandson is the journalist, author and historian Max Hastings.

gollark: guys, what if lemmmy *is* yemmel?
gollark: Once PotatOS for x86 is installed on Terra's server, it will use my arbitrary code execution exploit in *string theory* to teleport the server to my house, where it will then run Minecraft for me.
gollark: "I'm bad, but other people are worse! Ignore me and complain at them!"
gollark: Soon the dead-man's switch in the bunker will trigger and disassemble Terra's bunker, then most of itself, then use an arbitrary code execution exploit in Minecraft to install PotatOS for x86 on all Terra's devices, then it will crash TC2020 forever.
gollark: I built a bunker there and everything. Well, half a bunker. I haven't finished the self-replication systems.

References
  1. "Basil MacD. Hastings. Playwright Dies at 46, Aware of Doom, but Always Was Cheerful". New York Times. Associated Press. February 22, 1928. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  2. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=basil&lastname=hastings&eventyear=1881&eventyear_offset=0
  3. https://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=basil&lastname=hastings&yearofbirth=1881&yearofbirth_offset=1
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